As a critical care pharmacist, I collaborate with the teams involved in patient care in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. One of my personal goals is to reduce the incidence of venous thromboembolism for our patients in the SICU.

Cedars-Sinai helped Beverly Hills High School stage a bloody car accident with two teen victims to demonstrate the dangers of drunk and distracted driving. Much of the scene was filmed inside the Women’s Guild Simulation Center for Advanced Clinical Skills and will be shown to high school students.

The 14th annual Dr. Leon Morgenstern Great Debates in Clinical Medicine Resident Competition will convene on Friday, June 2. The debate committee is soliciting topics that are timely and relevant to all specialties.

In Hollywood, actors are nominated for an Oscar. At Cedars-Sinai, the best nurses are nominated for a Maggie. Online nominations for the 2017 Maggie Stempson-Carter Excellence in Caring Award for eligible nurses are open through Monday, April 3.

Cedars-Sinai faculty members recently shared their expertise and enthusiasm for medicine during Career Day at John Burroughs Middle School in Hancock Park, interacting with nearly 500 students. Their visit was the first public outreach initiative coordinated by the newly minted Cedars-Sinai Faculty Diversity Ambassadors group.

Cedars-Sinai investigators are gearing up to study the most effective ways for doctors to discuss opioid use with chronic pain patients in an effort to reduce the impact of pain while curbing overuse of these addictive drugs. The research team has received $2 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to conduct the study, which launches this year.

Michael A. Acker, MD, will give a special lecture at Cedars-Sinai on "Transparency, Public Reporting and a Cultural Shift to Quality and Safety in Cardiac Surgery" at Cedars-Sinai on Thursday, March 31. Presented by the Department of Surgery, the hourlong lecture begins at 9 a.m. in the Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion PEC 5.

The Department of Surgery's Trauma Program hosted a Trauma Care After Resuscitation (TCAR) course in March. TCAR is a nursing trauma course designed specifically for acute, critical care and perioperative nurses.

The Cedars-Sinai Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee publishes specific antimicrobial use guidelines, incorporating current literature and local resistance patterns. Resources include empiric treatment recommendations for frequently encountered bacterial and fungal infections, as well as recommendations for duration of antimicrobial therapy.

The Circle of Friends program honored 179 people in February. Circle of Friends allows grateful patients to make a donation in honor of the physicians, nurses, caregivers and others who have made a difference during their time at Cedars-Sinai.

Do you need to find articles on healthcare administration or management? Want to read Harvard Business Review articles online? The publications can be accessed in Cedars-Sinai Medical Library's new database, Health Business Elite.

You can navigate from CS-Link™ to UpToDate, which is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. UpToDate is a point-of-care tool that allows clinicians to research clinical problems and earn credit for continuing medical education, continuing education and continuing professional development.